Sesame (Til)
Sow in October, harvest around January
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
₹26,000–₹39,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹11,000–₹24,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Cool in November
- Suits: Soil 10/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 190 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 50 mm it can use in a normal year (30 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 10–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 28 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 25 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 22 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Sesame (Til): 10 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur.
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 3.7 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹8,733 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹14,050 a quintal, the middle of 81 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹37,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹10,346 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹7,840 2021
- ₹9,550 2022
- ₹13,310 2023
- ₹11,590 2024
- ₹8,860 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹15,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.